diffusion

«diffusion» in Mova's school dictionary: the spreading of something far and wide, such as ideas… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (diffusion, no plural)

meaning for a pupil

1) Diffusion is the spreading of something far and wide, such as ideas, customs or stories, from one place to many others. tree →

2) In science, diffusion is the slow spreading of a gas or liquid into the space around it. tree →

sense in the lessons

in lessons on stories, diffusion names how a folk-tale travels from land to land; in science it names how a smell or ink spreads through air or water

examples

• The diffusion of the tale took many years. tree →
• Perfume spreads by diffusion through the air. tree →
• The folk-tale spread by diffusion from India to Spain. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «diffusion» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.